a man in a boat off the coast of Shetland, United Kingdom

a lion walking in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

a sand dune in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

wildebeest migrating across the Masai Mara in Kenya

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Manu National Park, PeruIt’s almost impossible to grasp the vastness of the Amazon, and it’s really only when you fly over it that you get any sense of scale. I have worked in many parts of the Amazon but there’s one place I always return to: Peru’s Manu National Park. Manu is officially the most biodiverse place on Earth and for an animal lover like me, few places can beat it. This image shows the Manu River winding past an oxbow lake called Cocha Salva...

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James

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Top 10 Wild Places to Photograph

“I had never taken much notice of orangutans before, but when one took my hand and looked into my eyes, well that was it,” says National Geographic photographer Charlie Hamilton James. Here are his favorite places to shoot.

ByCharlie Hamilton James

May 18, 2017

Charlie Hamilton James is a National Geographic photographer and filmmaker specializing in wildlife and conservation. Follow him on Instagram @chamiltonjames.